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'I think it's wrong:' Vernon adds another fee to developers building much-needed housing
September 10, 2024 - 7:00 AM
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Amidst a housing crisis, and a push by the province to ease the red tape involved in building, the City of Vernon has introduced a fee seen by many in the industry as sending the wrong message.
9 gold mine workers are missing in Turkey after a landslide that carries environmental risks
February 13, 2024 - 5:09 PM

ISTANBUL (AP) — A huge landslide hit a gold mine in eastern Turkey on Tuesday, trapping at least nine workers underground, officials said.
US inflation slows but remains elevated in sign that price pressures are easing only gradually
February 13, 2024 - 11:46 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer inflation in the United States cooled last month yet remained elevated in the latest sign that the pandemic-fueled price surge is only gradually and fitfully coming under control.
Calgary transforms old offices to apartments; experts say other cities should follow
January 07, 2024 - 5:00 AM

CALGARY - No community anywhere would willingly choose to have a nearly 30 per cent office vacancy rate in its downtown core.
Wolfgang Schaeuble, German elder statesman and finance minister during euro debt crisis, dies at 81
December 27, 2023 - 12:37 AM

BERLIN (AP) — Wolfgang Schaeuble, who helped negotiate German reunification in 1990 and as finance minister was a central figure in the austerity-heavy effort to drag Europe out of its debt crisis more than two decades later, has died. He was 81.
Banks report higher provisions for bad loans, focus on expenses as economy slows
November 30, 2023 - 12:45 PM

TORONTO - Several Canadian banks on Thursday reported fourth-quarter results that showed rising funds set aside for bad loans, and a heavy focus on expense management, as they prepared for the expected slower economy ahead.
Company that created ChatGPT is thrown into turmoil after Microsoft hires its ousted CEO
November 20, 2023 - 3:03 PM

LONDON - The company that created ChatGPT was thrown into turmoil Monday after Microsoft hired its ousted CEO and many employees threatened to follow him in a conflict that centered in part on how to build artificial intelligence that's smarter than humans.
Protester throws glitter at UK Labour Party leader as he makes a speech vowing national renewal
October 10, 2023 - 6:17 AM

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — A protester has managed to evade security and disrupt a speech by British opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer.
Turning offices into homes could help address the housing crisis, but can it be done?
September 27, 2023 - 9:46 AM

OTTAWA - The building used to feature endless cubicles, long hallways and fluorescent lighting.
Saudi oil giant Aramco reports $30B in profits, down nearly 40% from last year due to lower prices
August 07, 2023 - 7:51 AM

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi state-run oil giant Aramco on Monday reported $30 billion in second quarter profit, a nearly 40% decline from the same period the previous year that it attributed to lower oil prices.
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'I think it's wrong:' Vernon adds another fee to developers building much-needed housing

9 gold mine workers are missing in Turkey after a landslide that carries environmental risks

US inflation slows but remains elevated in sign that price pressures are easing only gradually

Calgary transforms old offices to apartments; experts say other cities should follow

Wolfgang Schaeuble, German elder statesman and finance minister during euro debt crisis, dies at 81

Banks report higher provisions for bad loans, focus on expenses as economy slows

Company that created ChatGPT is thrown into turmoil after Microsoft hires its ousted CEO

Protester throws glitter at UK Labour Party leader as he makes a speech vowing national renewal

Turning offices into homes could help address the housing crisis, but can it be done?

Saudi oil giant Aramco reports $30B in profits, down nearly 40% from last year due to lower prices

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